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Letter to the Editor
Rochester-UR connections help community growth and changeI was pleased to read the editorial entitled 'Bridge Building" in the Oct. 2 edition of the Campus Times. Its positive focus and upbeat message of student engagement in the local Rochester communities indicated that the University and its neighbors are at a new and very positive turning point […]
A taste of contradiction
Picture this: a young woman sits on a rickshaw pushed by a man wearing a conical straw hat. In her right hand she holds a bag of banana leaves and in her left a cell phone. This image is most evocative of Indonesia, the place where I lived for two-and-a-half months this summer studying the […]
Inexperience paves the way to Pennsylvania Ave.
Barack Obama. Love him or hate him, he has fought the odds and has used his amazing stage presence and message of change to rally to the forefront of the Democratic party. Now he is leading a charge that will hopefully take him all the way to the White House. This, I think, is common […]
Forward duo strong up top for women
The women's soccer team defeated Brandeis University, 5-1, at Fauver Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 4. In addition to marking the seventh consecutive win for the Yellowjackets, who are now 8-2-2, the game presented to the 151 fans on this crisp October afternoon of fall break that UR can confidently compete in a league as tough […]
Runners gear up for home invite
In cross country, success is not always measured by the place at which the team finishes, but rather the personal records of time achieved on the course. While doing well at the individual meets is satisfying, the teams strive toward the prize at the end the championship invitationals at the close of the season.So far […]
Tennis sees mixed results in fall finales
As the men's and women's tennis teams played their final head-to-head matches of the season, the squads will branch off into separate directions.The women, who dropped a 3-5 decision to SUNY Geneseo on Oct. 7, will be heading to Ithaca, N.Y. for the first day of the New York State Championships today. The tournament continues […]
From the Pressbox
Within the past four years, the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox have each won the World Series. In doing so, each has broken a long drought of World Series victories. This trend of breaking curses made people start thinking: why not the Chicago Cubs?For anyone not familiar with the long suffering of the […]
Athlete of the Week: Bridgette Varin
Naming sophomore forward Bridgette Varin of the women's soccer team Athlete of the Week is an understatement.Last week, the University Athletic Association named her the Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week. She also tied UR's record, which has not been touched for seven years, for number of goals scored in a single game on […]
Football drops two games in league play
On two consecutive weekends, the UR football team suffered disappointing losses. The 'Jackets faced off against the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineers in Fauver Stadium on Oct. 4 and at Susquehanna University on Oct. 11. RPI held off UR in the second half, winning 27-17. The next weekend, the Susquehanna Crusaders topped the 'Jackets, 28-13.RPI started […]
Volleyball hits rough patch on the road at UAA tourney
Heading into the University Athletic Association's first Round Robin over fall break, the Yellowjackets knew they were up against some tough competition. They opened up the weekend with a match against Washington University in St. Louis, who is the defending national champion and currently ranked fourth in the country according to the College Sports Television […]
